Ultra: The Bizarre Adventures of Dark Lopus!

Evening

Xiang returned to the place he had agreed to meet Luo Chuan early, waiting anxiously.

"We've got absolutely nothing. Even using the power of the Victory Crystal to summon it didn't work. Where did it go?"

"Sigh... I wonder if the senior has made any progress, and how are Hikaru and the others doing?"

Just as Xiang was filled with worry, the familiar voice finally came.

"Hey, you're back pretty early!"

Upon hearing the sound, Xiang immediately stood up and looked towards its source. The Victory Torch flew over, cutting through the evening darkness.

Xiang reached out and caught the Victory torch! Overjoyed at having it back, he couldn't contain his excitement.

"I was lucky; someone I know picked me up."

Luo Chuan pointed behind him, and Mana came out as well.

"Mana, what are you doing here?"

Mana's appearance puzzled Xiang, who put away the Victory Torch and walked over.

"When you and Mold traveled through time, I was also pulled here by that enormous suction force."

Afterwards, Mana shared all the information she had gathered about this world with Xiang, making him understand the current situation of this world.

"If we travel through time, can we go back?"

"Ah!"

Luo Chuan chuckled and patted Xiang on the shoulder.

"I'm here. Besides, the Milky Way can travel through time and space. Xiao Guang should be on his way here now."

"That's it, that's good."

Xiang breathed a sigh of relief; it would have been terrible if they couldn't get back.

"Speaking of which, senior, what exactly is Mold's plan? And what about the Gua Legion...?"

"I will investigate these matters; as for now..."

"You and Mana should first go to the Earth Defense Force in this world to register, and then get to know the Ultra Warrior in this world who can fight alongside you."

Speaking of Ultraman, Xiang immediately thinks of that Ultraman who looked like a rookie today.

"Fight side by side? That guy?"

Xiang thought about X's battle today and recalled X's performance in the battle. Xiang shook his head. In his eyes, X was still too inexperienced.

Fighting side by side? Absolutely not!

If he hadn't been careless and hadn't failed to use Hikari's power, he wouldn't have been beaten so badly by Mold. Otherwise, Mold would have sealed him away like his brother had.

"Forget it, senior..."

Luo Chuan immediately saw what Xiang was trying to say, interrupted him, and pointed at him with a serious expression.

"Don't tell me you can do it all by yourself. If you could beat Mold in a one-on-one fight, you wouldn't have been brought here by him."

"I was just careless this time..."

"That's your problem too. Besides, what if he captures Ex and uses him to threaten you? Would you still want to harm Ex?"

"I…"

"What do you mean, 'you'? You only have eyes for Hikaru, huh? You look down on the other Ultramen, don't you?"

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant."

Xiang was rambling incoherently; he realized that he couldn't quite win an argument with his senior.

"Alright, I know you may not be very satisfied with X's performance today, but believe me, X and Dadi have a good foundation. You can teach them a little and they'll learn. After all, they are young warriors."

"Okay, okay, I'll teach them, I'll definitely teach them!"

"Ah~ that's more like it!"

Luo Chuan patted Xiang on the shoulder, and then a point of light entered Xiang's body.

"Once the issue of identity is resolved, we can bring the land to this place."

After receiving the information from the ball of light, Xiang nodded with a look of sudden realization.

"okay, I get it."

Xiang followed Mana to the Geo base, while Luo Chuan watched them leave, pondering his next plan.

"It turns out that Mold defeated X and left, but now X has defeated Mold and escaped. Judging from his and his sister's behavior, they're probably planning something else. I need to go check it out."

.........

Meanwhile, in a cave somewhere, Mold cast a barrier to conceal his enormous body.

"Damn it! Damn it! That damn Ultraman! How did he become so strong?!"

Gina looked at her angry brother and calmly explained the next steps of the plan.

"Brother, the plan has changed, and we need to change our plans as well."

"Oh? You have new plans?"

The angry Mold calmed down and began to listen to Gina's plan.

"We are currently outnumbered and outgunned. We need more manpower before the Gua Legion arrives..."

Gina coldly glanced at the two trembling aliens beside her, who immediately obeyed.

"We will find a way to obtain new power for the adults!" *2

After the two aliens left, Gina told Mold about her plan.

“We can…”

After hearing Gina's plan, Mold was somewhat disagreeing.

"This plan... your strength hasn't recovered yet, it's too dangerous to do it rashly. Let's wait until the entire Gua Legion arrives before we talk about it."

"Brother! Before the Gua Legion arrived, we were always on the defensive. Who knows if that guy will launch a preemptive strike? The Ultra Warrior we captured from another world has also escaped. What if the two of them team up next time..."

Gina didn't finish her sentence, but Mold understood what she meant.

"Are you really sure you want to do this?"

"Don't worry, brother, I'll be careful. Just wait for my news."

Gina nodded seriously to Mold and then left the barrier.

………………

"Where are we going to find help?"

The two aliens who had escaped looked at each other in bewilderment. Finding a wild monster in such a vast area seemed a bit too difficult.

"How about... we contact the monster merchant?"

One of the aliens tentatively suggested that, after all, this was a relatively stable way to obtain new power, although the price was a bit steep...

"We don't have any money, how are we going to buy it?"

After saying this, both aliens fell silent. After a while, the alien who had proposed to buy raised his head.

"Why buy it? We're now part of the Gua Legion. Can't we just find another way?"

"what do you mean?"

"Hum..."

His companion remained silent, only offering a cold laugh. He then took out a communicator, dialed a special signal, and the nearest monster merchant would receive the message.

Less than two seconds later, the communicator received a response!

Hello, welcome to the Monster Merchant hotline. My code name is 'Taijian'. If you need monsters, press '1'; if you don't need monsters, gouge out my eyes.

"???"

The alien who dialed the number looked completely bewildered. He seemed to remember the monster merchant's tone wasn't like this at all. This couldn't be right!